Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in Oceania

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 6.6M citations received by 241K academic papers made by 51 universities in Oceania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Australia

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Australia

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Australia

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Australia

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Australia

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

6. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#135 in the World

Founded: 1883

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Australia

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Australia

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Australia

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Australia

#264 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Australia

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Australia

#281 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Australia

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Australia

#343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Australia

#382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Australia

#387 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Australia

#415 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Australia

#419 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 10,537
Founded: 1964

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in Australia

#468 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#524 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

22. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#543 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Australia

#565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

24. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Australia

#567 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in Australia

#585 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

27. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

28. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in Australia

#690 in the World

Founded: 1966

29. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Australia

#712 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

30. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Australia

#948 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in Australia

#969 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in Australia

#975 in the World

Founded: 1970

34. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Mechanical Engineering

#27 in Australia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

35. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Mechanical Engineering

#28 in Australia

#1101 in the World

Founded: 1967

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#29 in Australia

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

37. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Mechanical Engineering

#30 in Australia

#1272 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

38. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

39. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Mechanical Engineering

#32 in Australia

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

40. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in Australia

#1686 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Mechanical Engineering

#34 in Australia

#1789 in the World

Founded: 1870

42. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Mechanical Engineering

#35 in Australia

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

43. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Mechanical Engineering

#36 in Australia

#1920 in the World

Founded: 1987

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Mechanical Engineering

#37 in Australia

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. University of the South Pacific

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#2209 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in New Zealand

#2346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

47. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Mechanical Engineering

#38 in Australia

#2405 in the World

Founded: 1989

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in Australia

#3242 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3779 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Fiji

#3888 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Engineering subfields in Oceania

Acoustical Engineering50

Aerospace Engineering51

Agricultural Engineering31

Applied/Engineering Physics33

Architectural Engineering41

Automation and Control engineering37

Automotive Engineering44

Biochemical Engineering32

Biomedical Engineering36

Biotechnology49

Chemical Engineering49

Civil Engineering50

Computer Engineering40

Computer Networking51

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering51

Electronic Engineering47

Engineering Management38

Environmental Engineering45

Firefighting and Fire Science39

Geotechnical Engineering50

Human-Computer Interaction47

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture38

Marine Engineering34

Materials Science51

Metallurgical Engineering51

Mining Engineering31

Nanotechnology47

Nuclear Engineering21

Operations Research42

Optical Engineering51

Petroleum Engineering33

Polymer science and Plastics engineering24

Product and Industrial Design30

Reliability and Quality Engineering43

Remote Sensing45

Renewable Energy Engineering43

Structural Engineering50

Systems Engineering47

Technical Drawing23

Telecommunications51

Transportation Engineering43